The speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has picked an Expression of Interest form to contest the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ikuforiji, who picked the form at the party’s state secretariat in Ikeja, told newsmen that he believed that the state deserved the best and that he possesses the best credentials among those jostling for the ticket of the party.
“I believe very much in the future of the state and I know that the best is what the people deserve,” he said.
Appraising his tenure as the speaker, he said he had discharged his duties professionally and creditably and that he had begun a transition to the executive arm as he picked his form.
“It is the same best we are taking to the governor’s office so that the residents will have the globally accepted government,” he said adding that he harbours no misgivings over his chances saying it was not his first time of contesting an election.
“To contest is not an issue and to go round the membership of the party; they know who is the best among the aspirants in the APC”, he said just as he stated that doesn’t rule out the possibility of a consensus candidate emerging from the aspirants.
“You talk of consensus candidate, it is all part of the game; there can be consensus candidate and we will not be the first, even President Goodluck Jonathan is the consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. So, there is nothing wrong in having a consensus candidate,” he said.
On his travails during the money laundering trial brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikuforiji said he believed that leadership comes with trials and tribulations.
“If the EFCC wants to appeal the case or whatever, it is the business of EFCC; it is not my business,’’ he said.